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November 5, 1999 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING A NUT ON PRIMARY SPLITTER, INSTALLING A WHEEL. WHEN HE USED IMPACT WRENCH TO TIGHTEN THE NUT, HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BEHIND THE NUT AND THE IMPACT WRENCH, PULLING FINGER PINCHING IT AND CUTTING FINGER.

June 24, 1994 OH · Coal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL. AT THE END OF THE SHIFT, HE CAME TO ME SAID HE THOUGHT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING. DURING HIS VACATION HE HAD A PIECE OF STEEL REMOVED FR OM HIS EYE AT THE HOSPITAL.

May 13, 1991 OH · Coal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUTTING SOME STOCK AND HOLDING IT AFTER CUT MADE THE WELDER TURNED TO RIGHT AND RAN TORCH ACROSS L WRIST

March 8, 1991 OH · Coal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Conesville Coal Preparation Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNEELING IN TAIL OF 105 BELT WHILE INSTALLING A BINDICTOR A ROCK WAS DISLOGED FROM RAM CAOL GRIZZEY BOUNCED OFF SLOPE PLATE STRIKING OUTSIDE OF LEFT KNEE EE WANT TO THE HOSPTIAL THE NEXT DAY. HAD X RAY AND THE DR IMMBILIZED HIS KNEE FOR 3 DAYS.

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